Taking City Sustainability to the Next Level
“[T]here’s no question we can’t rely on Washington, D.C., to lead if we are going to make any progress toward our climate goals,” San José Mayor Sam Liccardo said.
Building machine parts for intelligence analysts
IARPA is developing technologies that will enhance analysts’ decision-making capabilities.
Racing to Be First: How Autonomous Vehicles Will Affect Our Communities
A new National League of Cities report addresses the most pressing questions that local officials might have concerning self-driving vehicles.
U.S. Cities Make Biodiversity Their Top Resilience Priority
“We’re not using nature well enough.”
New York City's Wi-Fi Kiosks Now Include a 'Yelp for Social Services'
The move targets New Yorkers who stand to benefit most from the LinkNYC network in the first place.
Mayors Rally Residents to Conserve More Than 1.9 Billion Gallons of Water
Sacramento, Tucson, Denver, Dallas and Pittsburgh are among the competitors in the National Mayor’s Water Challenge.
Behavioral Insights: A New Tool for Performance Management
Knowledge of the situational factors that may push people to make adverse choices has helped cities uncover new approaches to tackle longstanding challenges.
Setting a High Renewable Energy Goal, Can Chicago Catch Up With Las Vegas?
In the nation’s third-largest city, municipal buildings accounted for 1.8 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2016.
Looking for AI without the bias
The shortcomings of today’s artificial intelligence technologies are often the result of our own biases, a Rand report says.
Why So Many Americans Are Saying Goodbye to Cities
What’s happening to New York City is a microcosm of what’s happening around the country—the hollowing out of the U.S. city.
Pittsburgh Mayor Has Harsh Words for Uber on Its ‘Moral Obligation’
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Distracted driving deaths in Colorado; Massachusetts city calls for Trump impeachment; and Florida governor’s prosecutorial intervention.
Drones on duty
Police, wildlife trackers and bridge inspectors are using high-flying cameras and sensors to save time and money.
Drones ready for takeoff
Once technology and regulations are in place for beyond-visual-line-of-sight and multiple-drone piloting operations, unmanned aerial systems will really take off, experts say.
States, Cities Pick Up on Climate Change Where Trump Leaves Off
What does environmental resistance to the president look like?
When Self-Driving Cars Will Be on the Road, According to the People Making Them
A disparity in responses is exacerbated by varying definitions of “autonomous.”
GSA launches virtual assistant pilot
Government services could be just a voice command away if agencies could easily launch their own virtual assistants.
SatPaq to the rescue with satellite texting
Embedded in a smartphone case, the device uses microwaves to send text messages via geostationary satellites.
Facial recognition tech helps with disease diagnosis
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have successfully used facial recognition software to diagnose a rare, genetic disease in Africans, Asians and Latin Americans.
For space docking, the computer takes the wheel
NASA’s Raven module uses sensors, machine-vision algorithms and a radiation-tolerant processing platform to automate navigation and docking.
NASA preps for space-based communications via lasers
The space agency is developing laser communication technology that will make data transmission between space and earth much faster.
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